56．On his 90 th birthday, Chase　　　 ．

　　 A．handed out cash to the needy

　　 B．collected money for poor people

　　 C．visited poor people’s homes with gifts

　　 D．held a party at Los Angeles’ Skid Row

47．A．similar 　　　 B．familiar 　　　 C．different　　　 D．interesting

SECTIONC (12 marks)

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context．

My speech pathology (病理学) practice used to be successful．But by last year, 48. 　　people wanted to join in such practice. Icutmyownpayby20percent 49. 　　　　I didn’t want to let any of my staff go. My husband 50. 　　　to find a job, too.

We have1151．　　　 in all．Although our oldest four are already on their own, we couldn’t live on anything less than what we were making．We’ve always been interested in food safety and in teaching the kids 52.　　　 their food comes from．We love fresh vegetables from small farms．53. 　　　.

We began with two pigs．A local farmer suggested we get hens because there was a market for fresh eggs, so we got more animals. We were excited 54. 　　　　also nervous. What if no one bought anything from our farm?

But people did buy. The farmer who sells eggs to his customers buys about 20 dozen a week from us. At farmers’ markets, we sell out our eggs completely, earning $250 to $500 in a day．I once spent $160 a week 55. 　　　　food; now I spend just $ 40 to $50 a week．

PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION(30 marks)

Directions: Read the following three passages．Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage．

A

Father Maurice Chase used a special way to celebrate his 90th birthday. The Catholic priest took $ 15,000 in cash to Los Angeles’ Skid Row (贫民区) and gave it away. Twenty wheelchair – bound people received $100 bills, while the rest received $1to $ 3 each．

“I come out here to tell them that God loves them and I love them and that some one is concerned about them,” Chase said．

Chase has given away cash and blessings every Sunday at the same corner for 24 years．Several hundred people wait for him every week．

He makes a point of coming on Thanksgiving and Christmas, too, but this is the first year he spent his birthday in the downtown neighborhood where people live mainly in shelters and on dirty sidewalks．

　　 “ It’s the place that makes me the happiest．I just love it,” said Chase. “I look forward to coming here.”

The money comes from donations he receives from rich and famous people he met during his work as assistant to the president of Loyola Marymount University．

The crowd broke into choruses of “Happy Birthday” several times. Some people presented him birthday cards, to his delight．

Travis Kemp, a 51 – year – old disabled man with long black hair, was one of the lucky 20 to receive $ 100. He said he had no special plans for spending the money. “He has a lot of respect from me,” Kemp said. “I know I couldn’t do it.”

46．A．constituting 　 B．composing 　　 C．recommending 　 D．reserving

45．A．abstract 　　　 B．moving 　　　　 C．loving 　　　　 D．terrifying

44．A．below 　　　　 B．in 　　　　　　 C．along 　　　　 D．under

43．A．resists 　　　 B．represents 　　 C．repeats 　　　 D．shows

42．A．crime 　　　　 B．trail 　　　　 C．debts 　　　　 D．tears

41．A．fell 　　　　　 B．trembled 　　　 C．floated 　　　 D．stuck

40．A．strength 　　　 B．torture 　　　 C．privilege 　　 D．fame

39．A．trend 　　　　 B．voyage 　　　　 C．slavery 　　　 D．journey